Citizenship and Voting

Are you a Citizen? Why?

Citizenship, an introduction… What does citizen mean…

A member of a nation who owes its allegiance to its government and is entitled (allowed) to its protection.

A few duties of a good citizen… Obey Laws Vote REGULARLY Pay taxes Serve Jury Duty Respect the rights of others Help in the Community

Three ways to become a U.S. Citizen

Jus Soli Law of the Soil This says you are an American citizen if you

are born on American soil. Jus Sanguines

Law of the Blood This says that if one of your parents is an

American, then you are an American Citizen. Naturalization

Gaining citizenship after birth.

Naturalization, the process

Naturalization is a four step process1. Petition for naturalization

This is kind of like a job application

2. Take a class on naturalization Just like a class here at the high school

3. Go through an interview process Again think of a job interview

4. Pass the naturalization test Take a test on questions about the United

States of America.

So, How would you do on a

Naturalization Test?

Let’s find out…

Before we get started, a few directions

The next several slides we are going see as a group how well we would do on a naturalization test.

We are going to use your remote control to vote.

It’s simple, after you see the answer choices for question push the button that you think is correct before the time runs out.

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How many stripes are on the U.S. flag?

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Who is our Vice President?

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Who elects the President of the United States?

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Who said…“Give me Liberty or Give me death”

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1. What are the three ways to become an American Citizen?

1. ________________________________________

2. ________________________________________

3. ________________________________________

2. What are the four steps in the Naturalization Process?

1. __________________ 3. ___________________

2. __________________ 4. ___________________

3. What did YOU THINK of the Naturalization test questions?

Thank you for coming today Mr. President. I thought who better

to discuss the Naturalization process then the President of

the United States! I have a few questions the students would

love to ask you!

I would love to help you

Mr. Robertson! I am so excited

to be here today! Man

was that Naturalization

test hard! I think I missed

a few questions. Alright let’s get to the…

Now let’s learn a little about voting!

To be eligible to vote you must…1. Be at least 18 years old.2. Register to vote

You can go online answer a few questions and you are registered and ready to go.

Now on to voting… Voting by state can be done several ways.

You can use the following ways to vote… Voting Machine Punch Ballot Touch Screen Voting

What are we talking about…

A Voting Machine looks like this…

A Punch ballot looks like this…

And finally a touch screen ballot looks like this…

A Touch Screen Voting Machine

President of the United States

(vote for one)

John McCain Barack Obama

Mr. Robertson

Voting Continued

As an American when we vote for a President, we do not elect the President, the Electoral College does.

Each state votes for a President and whoever wins that state gets all the electoral votes for that state.

The goal for a President is to get a total of 270 out of the total of 538 electoral college votes.

Electoral Votes are broken down to the following…

1. What role does television and the media play in elections? __________________________________________

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2. What type of voting Machine do we use in Pennsylvania, and what kind did we use to use? __________________________________________

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3. When I turn 18 I plan/don’t plan or registering to vote because…

What’s up class? Who understands

voting now? I know I do? First, you just stick your

tongue out like this. Second, you

lick the paper. Third, you stick

the paper to your forehead.

Just Kidding!!!Let’s get to the…